For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 14, 2003
Statement on Demonstrations in Iran
Statement by Press Secretary
The United States views with great concern the use of violence
against Iranian students peacefully expressing their political views.
We are alarmed at reports of arrests and provocative actions taken
against students by regime forces, and call upon the regime to protect
the human rights of the students and to release those who have been
arrested.
Iranians, like all people, have a right to determine their own
destiny, and the United States supports their aspirations to live in
freedom. It is our hope that the voice of the Iranian people and their
aspirations for democracy and the rule of law will be heard.
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